Avoid beautifulsoup

README.md

@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ sudo apt install -y \
     python3-numpy python3-setuptools python3-crypto \
     python3-dateutil python3-pil.imagetk python3-idna \
 	python3-requests libimage-exiftool-perl certbot nginx
-sudo pip3 install beautifulsoup4 pycryptodome
+sudo pip3 install pycryptodome
 ```
 
+*Note*: A recent version of pycryptodome is needed because the packaged version does not include *pkcs1_15* within *Crypto.Signature*
+
 ## Installation
 
 In the most common case you'll be using systemd to set up a daemon to run the server.

posts.py

@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ from auth import createBasicAuthHeader
 from config import getConfigParam
 from blocking import isBlocked
 from filters import isFiltered
-try: 
-    from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
-except ImportError:
-    from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+#try: 
+#    from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
+#except ImportError:
+#    from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
 def isModerator(baseDir: str,nickname: str) -> bool:
     """Returns true if the given nickname is a moderator
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ def getPersonKey(nickname: str,domain: str,baseDir: str,keyType='public', \
     return keyPem
     
 def cleanHtml(rawHtml: str) -> str:
-    text = BeautifulSoup(rawHtml, 'html.parser').get_text()
+    #text = BeautifulSoup(rawHtml, 'html.parser').get_text()
+    text=rawHtml
     return html.unescape(text)
 
 def getUserUrl(wfRequest: {}) -> str:

utils.py

@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def followPerson(baseDir: str,nickname: str, domain: str, \
         handle=nickname+'@'+domain.split(':')[0].lower()
     else:
         handle=nickname+'@'+domain.lower()
-        
+
     if not os.path.isdir(baseDir+'/accounts/'+handle):
         print('WARN: account for '+handle+' does not exist')
         return False